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G. E. NORRIS 8: W. E. H'AGAN.

MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCHES.

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' MAGHINE FOR MAKING MATCHES.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING MATCHES.

No. 337,074. Patented Mar. 2. 1886.

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z/wzz/ryw U UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE NORRIS AND'VVILLIAM E. HAGAN, OF TROY, NEW YORK, AS-

SIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE CITIZENS MATCH COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR" MAKING-MATCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,0'74, dated March 2. 1886.

Application filed December 28, 1885. Serial No. 186,P56. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. NORRIS and WILLIAM E. HAGAN, both of the city of Troy, county of Rensselaer, State of New York,

have jointly invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Matches, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in matchmaking machines, and more particro ularly to mechanism for handling the splint-s and dipping them, with the splints produced by the mechanism described in Letters Patent of the United States, granted to us the undersigned July 7, 1885, and numbered 321,444 and-321,445.

Accompanying this specification, to form a part of it, there are four plates of drawings, containing six figures illustrating our invention,with, the same designation of parts by letter reference used in all of them.

Of these illustrations, Figure l is a perspective of a machine for making and dipping matches that contains our invention, it being shown with'the driving-pulley removed from its shaft. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central and vertical section of the mechanism shown at Fig.1. Fig. 3 is. an end elevation of the cutting-rollers and the mechanism which operates the latter, the feeding-table being omitted. 3 Fig. 4 is a side elevation of apart of the mechanism shown at Fig. 1, the parts being illustrated in larger proportionthan in the latter figure," and showing the belt-connection with the drying-rollers with all but one; of the latter omitted. Fig. 5 illustrates a combined end elevation and vertical section of the splint-carrying belts, dipping-tank, and roller, the latter being shown in side elevation and the match-carrying belts illustrated in cross vertical section on the line zz of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 00 w of Fig. 3, with the parts some-what enlarged.

The several parts of the mechanism thus illustrated are designated byletter reierence, and the functionof the parts is described-as follows:

The letters R R designate two cutting and pressing rollers, having their hearings in the 7 frame F. The circumferential face of these rollers is made to have the grooves G, which veneer of wood is being passed through and between them. Each of these grooves is made to correspond in size to half the circumference of the match blank or splint that is designed to have them cut connectedl y and press into arou-nded form.

Ths letter P indicates a platform along and .over which the-veneer of wood is guided to enter between the rollers.

The letter M designates the wheel from which actuating. power is derived, and M its shaft, on which there-is constructed a geared pinion, W, for transmitting power therefrom to a wheel, W 'ou'the shaft S of the lower cutting-roller, R which shaft is also constructed with a gear-wheel, W and the latteris arranged to mesh into a gear-wheel, W, that is secured to shaft S of the uppercutting-roller, R, so that when motion is communicated from the motor-whcel M the latter, by means of its pinion W, communicates power to the gearwheel W on the lower cutting-roller shaft, while the gear-wheel-W on the latter com municates motion to the gear-wheel W of the upper cuttingroller shaft, to thus operate the cutting-rollers R and R. The gearswheels upon the cutting-roller shafts are of the same size, and are thus arranged to have the same speed as they rotate together.. The shafts?v of the upper cutting-roller has its bearing in the frame F, and this bearing of the uppei-Y roller is made adjustablevertioally toward.

the lower roller by means of the journal-blocks b and the setscrews t, arranged at each end of the said roller-shaft.

The letter Vi indicates a gear-wheel having apintle-shaft,S ,arranged inthe frame F, and this gear-wheel W meshes into a gear-wheel, W the latter also having a pintle bearing in the frame F. This wheel meshes into a wheel, 'W, on the shaft S of a roller, I, to communicate motion to the latter.

The letters G G" designate grooves arranged x00 circumi'erentially in the face of the rollers R and R, and they are arranged in each of said rollers so as to be vertically in line.

The letters d d indicate stripping-fingers, that are attached to the frame F at their outer ends, with their lower ends adapted to enter the circumferential grooves G of the upper cuttingrollers, and d d designate fingers adapted to enter the circumferential grooves G of the lower cutting-rollers to strip the splints from out the cutting and pressing grooves of said rollers, and to direct the splints as impelled along by the expulsive action of the said rollers until they reach a point where they are actel upon by a belt, as will be subsequently described.

he letter C designates a guideway having the concave Gfithat is produced on the upper face of the standard H, and in which the roller I turns at a short distance therefrom, and into which concave the stripping-fingers direct the splints after taking them from off the cuttipgrollers; and B an endless belt adapted to run on said roller I, and as it moves along thereon to progressively move and roll the splints along over the concave C of the guideway O by contact with them.

The letterD designates a wheel having a shaft, S, arranged to journal in the rearward extension of the frame indicated at F, and B an endless belt adapted to run on the face ofsaid wheel D. Where the belt B leaves the concave C in moving the splints over the latter thebelt B, running close up to said concave, also comes in contact with the splints,

, and the latter are thuscaught between the two belts B and B, both of which run together, one above the other-,over theupper half of the peripheral surface of the wheel D, the belt B being beneath the belt B, and from thence the splints are carried by the said belts onto the drying'pulleys.

The letters Gr designate a beveled gearwheel that is arranged on the shaft S of the wheel D, and this beveled gear-wheel meshes into another beveled -gear-wheel, G, that is provided with ahorizontal shaft, m, the'latt-er having its bearings at ain the bracket L.

The letter-'1" designates a tank that is adapted to contain match composition, said tank being provided with a steanrjacket, J, that has a steam-inlet pipe, p, for a steam-supply to heat the'composition, said jacket being also constructed with a drip-cock, c, for the escape of the condensation therefrom.

The letter d designates a dipping-wheel ar-' ranged on the shaft m, said wheel being operated to turn within said tank by'means ot' the beveled gear-wheels G and G, and atits inner edge to project beyond said tank through the slot n in the side thereof. This dipping-wheel d is provided with a peripheral groove, y, and is adapted to turn in match composition placed in said tank, it being arranged, as shown at 5, so that the splints 0, being held between the bells B and B as the latter pass even from oil the wheel D, the adjacent ends of the splints in passingwhere extendedlaterally beyond the belts, and while momentarily within the groove of said wheel d, will be tipped with adhering match compositiomsaid dipping-wheel being rotated so asto'niove with the same speed at its perimeter as that of the downwardly passing belts that 'hold. the splints. By the continued movement of the said belts the matches are carried onto the drying-pulleys N, and from one to another of the latter until the said belts reach the last ones of said pulleys, (indicated at N N,) where the said belts separate, and thus release the matches.

The cutting and pressing rollers shown herein operate the saine as those that are illustrated and described in our older Letters Patent before'named, and these rollers are provided with stripping-fingers that are constructed to run in circumferentially -.arranged grooves produced in said rollers to strip the splints from off the latter, as in the older patents named; but the stripping-fingers herein illnsthe splints,an d the trough as-a distinct factor is omitted. After the belts B and B separate at the pulleys N N, the belt B at the lower stretch returnsto theroller or wheel D, and the belt B," over the return-pulley N", to the roller I.

The connected operation of the mechanism is described as follows: A veneer of wood having the proper thickness and width is passed in between the rollers R and R over the guideplatt'orm P, and by the cutting and pressing engagement of the coincident grooves that are formed therein parallel to the axes of the said rollers, the veneer is cut. and pressed into splints. At the bottom of the roller R the fingers d'd where within-the circumferential the fingers d d of the lower roller, R, perform the same oflice wherewithin the grooves G G of the latter roller. When-the splints are thus cut and pressed, they are impelled along by the expelling force of said rollers between the rearward extension of the fingers d of the upper cutting-roller and of the fingers d of the lower cutting-roller through the passage U between the said two sets of fingers u ntil they come under the influence of the belt B, thereat running on the roller I with tbats'tretch of said belt which is nearest to the fingers moving downwardl As soon as the splints come under the in uence of said belt B they are moved down alongand over the guideway .0, having the concave surface 0', as shown at Figs. 2 and 6. When the splints have reached the rear end of said concave, they are caught dipping-wheel d,-.turning in the tank T,

whereby the adjacent ends of the splints as projecting beyond the belts are tipped with composition. 7 carriedon to the drying-pulleys to ,be discharged from the belts, as before described.

The function of the pulleys N, N, and N when combined with the belts B and B, is merely to keep the belts togethenso as to firmly hold the sp ints and carry them a suflicient distance to dry the composition upon them; to then separate to release the. splints. and to in sequence return to the roller I and and wheel D, as before described. Theremay be any number of these pulleys N, and they may be arranged horizoni ally or in any other way by which they and the belts can co-operate substantially in the same manner to hold and carrythe splints.

To facilitate the drying of the splints, the

drying pulleys and the belts where running on the latter may be inclosed or housed in, with passages for the ingress and egress of the belts and an opening for the delivery of the finished matches; and said inclosure containing the driving pulleys and belts may be heated by any well-known means to hasten the operation of-drying. 7

By the mechanism thus shown and described matches may be made, dipped, dried, and ready for packing.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iS-w 1. The combination, with the rollers R and R each having the grooves G with intermediate cutting-edges, and the circumferential grooves G" G", said rollers being arranged to operate substantially as described, of the fingers d d and d" d constructed to enter said circumferential grooves, and extended rearward] y to produce the intermediate guidepassage, U, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

From thence the matches are' 2. The combination of the guide-passage U, adapted to receive match-splints, the guideway 0, having the'concave surface 0" arranged at the rear end of said guide-passage U, the roller I, and the endless belt B, constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the guide-passage U, adapted to receive match-splints, the guide-. way 0, made with the concave surface O'i and arranged at the rear end of said guide-passage U, the roller I, arranged to turn within said concave substantially as described, the endless belt B, arrangedto be operated by the roller I and to run on a return pulley; the wheel D, the belt B", adapted to run. on the latt'er,and a return. pulley, said belts being arranged with reference to each other and said concave guide, substantially as and .for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination of the endless belts B and B arranged to be operated substantially as described. the dipping-tank T, made with the slot at. and the dippingwheel d, arranged to be rotated in said tank relatively to the downward movement of said belts, substantially as described.

5. The combination of the splint-delivery passage U, the guideway 0, made with the concave surface 0, the roller I, adapted to rotate in the latter substantially as described, the wheel D, the pulleys N N N N, and the belts B and B, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The combination of the tank T, made with the side slot, n, and the roller d, adapted to be rotated in said tank with reference to said slot, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 5th day, of December, 1885, and in-the presence of the two witnesses whose names are hereto written.

GEO. E. NORRIS, WILLIAM E. HAGAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. BRINTNALL. GEo. A. DARBY. 

